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Gloria Stuart, born July 4, 1910 in film|1910
(some sources state 1909 in film|1909) is an
United States|American stage, television and film
actor|actress.

Born Gloria Frances Stewart in Santa Monica,
California, she changed the spelling of her name
when she commenced her acting career.  

After acting in college and in other amateur
productions, Stuart was signed to a contract by
Universal Studios in 1932. She was also selected
as one of the thirteen WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1932.
As a glamorous blonde, she was quickly cast in a
variety of films and became a favourite of Film
director|director James Whale, appearing in his
The Old Dark House (1932), The Invisible Man
(1933) and The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933). Her
career with Universal Studios failed to gain
momentum and she moved to 20th Century Fox. By the
end of the decade she had starred in more than
forty films, including Roman Scandals (1933) and
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) but had not
become a major star.


She made a few films during the 1940s but had
become more interested in working with the Screen
Actors Guild, and in developing her talents as a
painter. As an artist she became well respected
with her work being exhibited throughout the USA
and Europe. After a thirty year break from acting,
she appeared in the 1975 television movie The
Legend of Lizzie Borden and over the next few
years appeared regularly on television.  She made
her first cinema appearance in almost forty years
when she appeared in My Favourite Year in 1982.

In old age, she achieved a level of celebrity she
had never experienced during her years as a
Hollywood contract player, when cast in Titanic
(1997 film)|Titanic (1997). As the 101-year-old
Rose DeWitt Bukater she received a Academy Award
for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting
Actress Academy Award nomination, becoming the
oldest person to receive an acting nomination.

Stuart found herself in demand after this and was
constantly employed, with her most recent roles
being in a Murder, She Wrote TV movie in 2001, and
Wim Wenders' Land Of Plenty (movie)|Land Of Plenty
(2004).